some times you just need to go be alone awhile and sit quietly and pray and meditate.

Have a good cry. Cry out all your pain and sorrows. I stay in bed when I need to . If that is what you need to do. When I get irritable with others, I apologise and my friends understand. I try to work out why I am feeling that way Chronic. physical pain wears you down on all levels so you just do what you need to do to feel better. Sending you lots of hugs, prayers and best wishes.

chronic pain is the worst...I hate to hear you are going through this right now...it's ok to take sometime for just you sometime a long hot soak in atub helps not only does it relieve some pain it gives you time away for yourself...I'm wishing you well...and keeping you my prayer...know you arenot alone

I try to take it one day at a time- even one hour at a time. Doing activities that entertain you or that you enjoy but help take your mind off of things can help too. If life becomes too much for my body to handle, even if I am frustrated or disappointed, I put my health first. Plus I have great inspiration- my mom. She has had chronic health issues for her whole life, including living through five heart attacks. Her mantra is "I WILL do this" and she does.... when she can. If she can't, she does as she has taught me to do, she forgives her limitations and tries instead to appreciate the small things. It doesn't always work and I cry or take it out on others too. Yet I try to make sure I apologize later if I was really out of line, even with the people who do understand what my life is like.

Mostly though, I know that this is my battle to deal with and that I can take as long as I need to try and gain control of it. Yes it will take time and it may hurt like hell- but I am stronger than what is holding me down. Many hugs my friend. Many, many hugs! Hopefully you will find your own path to dealing with these things soon.

I try to put things in prespective and remind myself why and that i'm "just" experiencing PTSD symptoms, i know its not "just" cause its aweful but i try to tell myself "its a PTSD bad day, they'll pass"...If you need to cry cry....Cry can be very releasing of pain...

hugs

If you're talking about physical pain, i lived with it before too....Its very frustrating, arrghhhhh! hang in there.